MHD energy conversion : physicotechnical problems / edited by V.A. Kirillin and A.E. Sheyndlin.

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Other Authors: Kirillin, V. A. (Vladimir Alekseevich), Sheĭndlin, Aleksandr Efimovich
Format: eBook
Language:English
Russian
Published: New York, N.Y. : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1983.
Series:Progress in astronautics and aeronautics ; v. 101.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Table of Contents
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1 Engineering Technical Problemsof Developing MHD Power Plants
  • 1.1. Introduction
  • 1.2. Present Stage of Investigations and Future Developments
  • 1.3. Thermal Loops and Layout of MHD Power Systems
  • 1.4. Engineering Problems of Developing an MHD Power System
  • Chapter 2 Calculation of MHD Channel Flows
  • 2.1. Introduction
  • 2.2. Axial (Longitudinal) Problems of Electrodynamics
  • 2.3. Traverse Electrodynamic Problems
  • 2.4. Two Dimensional Inviscid Flows in an MHD Channel2.5. Quasi-One-Dimensional (Hydraulic) Approximation and Engineering Methods of Calculating Flow Parameters in an MHD Generator Channel
  • Chapter 3 Characteristics of a Nonideal MHD Generator
  • 3.1. Introduction
  • 3.2. The Influence of Various Factors on the Characteristics of a Real MHD Generator
  • 3.3. Simplified Model and Methods of Calculating Local Characteristics of an MHD Generator taking into Account Three-Dimensional Current Distribution in Channels
  • 3.4. Nonideal Behavior of Large-Scale MHD Channels
  • 3.5. Certain Aspects of Optimizing Parameters of an MHDGenerator3.6. Conclusions
  • Appendix
  • Chapter 4 Plasma Diagnostics in MHD Generators
  • 4.1. Introduction
  • 4.2. Spectroscopic Diagnostics of Spatially NonuniformGas (Theory)
  • 4.3. Spectroscopic Gas Temperature and Atom Concentration Measurements in Equilibrium MHD Generators
  • 4.4. Feasibility of Diagnostics of Combustion Productswith Alkali Seed by Means of an HCN Laser
  • 4.5. Local Measurement of the Electron Temperature with Cold Electric Probes
  • Chapter 5 Phenomena in the Near-Electrode Region of a Constricted Discharge5.1. Introduction
  • 5.2. Present State of the Problem
  • 5.3. Near-Cathode Region of Arc Discharge in Electrode Material Vapors
  • 5.4. Constricted Discharge on Metal Electrodes in an MHD Generator Channel